CDC advises people to wear masks indoors at all times, except at home
Source: Washington Post
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending “universal mask use” outside people’s homes as part of guidance published Friday aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus as the nation braces for what is expected to be the darkest period of the pandemic.
This is the first time the agency has advocated for universal mask use indoors. In its weekly Morbidity and Mortality report, the CDC warned that the United States has entered “a phase of high-level transmission” as colder weather and the ongoing holiday season push Americans inside, and said that “consistent and correct” use of face masks is critical to taming the virus.
“Compelling evidence now supports the benefits of cloth face masks for both source control (to protect others)” the report said, “and to a lesser extent, protection of the wearer.”
Mask use is most important in indoor spaces where social distancing cannot be maintained, the CDC said in the report. The agency also recommended mask use at home when a member of the household has been infected or potentially exposed to the virus. It cited research that suggests roughly 50 percent of transmission of the coronavirus is spread through asymptomatic people. More than 276,000 Americans have died of the disease caused by the coronavirus so far, and nearly 14.2 million cases have been recorded.
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Short article at the moment (NOW UPDATED).
Original article -
This is the first time the agency has advocated for universal mask use indoors. In its weekly Morbidity and Mortality report, the CDC warned that the United States has entered "a phase of high-level transmission" as colder weather and the ongoing holiday season push Americans inside, and said that "consistent and correct" use of face masks is crucial to taming the virus.
As a note, PA reported 11,600 some cases today and Philly reported a mind-numbing 1,816 today.
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with over 11,000 for PA and Philly had 601 on Tues. (12/1/20) 1,665 on Wed. (12/2/20), 825 on Thurs. (12/3/20), and back up to 1,816 today. I know that some of the labs do batch dumps but ugh.
was just under 2000/day for PA - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142446993#post200 and just under 600 for Philly - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142446993#post183
I kept that thread going daily from March 13 until around Sept. 1st. We have blown past all of that.
Only thing that knocked it down was an almost complete lockdown except for "essential" businesses and as it is, we are still more restrictive here than the rest of the state for a number of things.
and some of it was due to the fact that it started in the more urban and suburban coastal areas first, with little or nothing inland, so it wasn't considered "a concern" and it was apparently expected to "die out" before ever reaching the more remote/less-populated parts of states. NOW it's everywhere and we see what happens when "community spread" goes "national".
but they like "style over substance" and that is what it all boils down to. It wouldn't matter what 45 says. It's how he says it.
and an older woman attempted to come in without one. She didn't have it in her hand nor on an ear or around her neck. As she started coming in the door pushing a cart, a store employee looked up and immediately told her "Ma'am, you can't come in here without a mask". She stopped, started digging in her pocketbook, and finally pulled a cloth one out and put it on.
Montco reported something like 683 positives yesterday and 587 cases today.
notably one of the worst being hit at the moment - South Dakota.
But what is at issue is that although you may have people wearing masks "in public" -notably at stores, etc. (because many places are requiring them to get inside), they are not wearing them when going to a friend's house for a "game day" get-together or when they go to events like weddings, where you are in a room, at a non-socially-distanced table, across from other non-socially-distanced tables, talking and eating and drinking. And all you need is one asymptomatic infected person at one of these gatherings to start a super-spreader event.
And I expect that most members of family "units" living under the same roof, are not wearing masks "while in the house", so all it takes is one of them to go to their buddy's house to play some video game for a few hours (without a mask because he "trusts" his friend), gets infected, and then comes home and boom!
During periods where there was less of what they call "community spread", you might have been able to get away with that. But now the stuff is just rampant out there.
...Joe wants us to wear a mask for 100 days...we can easily do that...and stay home...
...no sense killing Grandpa or Grandma just to go out or get laid...
...for the next 3 months let masturbation be our friend...
...it's mine...
Near O'Hare Airport. 
and there are some MAGats and purported "former Obama voters" all in the surrounding area. 